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Title: Mark the Match Boy

Subtitle: Or Richard Hunter's Ward

Author: Horatio Alger

Narrator: Christopher Crennen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-11

Publisher: Aspen Leaf Media, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Horatio Alger Jr. (1832-1899) was the author of over 100 adventure books, many focusing on a poor boy's struggle to overcome poverty and adversity. Alger's books are fast-paced "page-turners" that have enjoyed immense popularity while advocating generosity, honesty, industry, thrift, temperance, education, and bravery. Alger was born near Boston, attended Harvard and moved to New York City in 1866. He is one of America's all-time, best-selling fiction authors.

Mark the Match Boy recounts the adventures of a boy ill suited to life on the streets of New York and his fortunate association with Richard Hunter.

Members Reviews:

Kidlet escapes mean guardian and befriended by young worker

I enjoyed Mark the Match Boy however the book felt rushed. It's not as long as many of the Horatio Alger stories and was less satisfactory to me. I'm glad I read it however it didn't sing to me. The ending wasn't fleshed out enough to seem real.

Yes, it follows the Horatio Alger poor boy befriended by rich older man (in this case young man) who helps him find his family. It's okay, just not wonderful. Would I pay $1.50 for it again? Probably not immediately, until I'd read a lot more of the H.A. stories that are available for free.

But know this: even this book (my least favorite so far) is better than so many modern books that it's still recommended.

An abused orphan to a rich boy

Once again Alger has captivated me. This awesome story of little Mark who runs away from an abusive drunkard... To a life on the streets.... to Richard Hunter.... then finally to his rich relative...

There is a lot of typos but we can get past this due too an awesome read, packed with good morals. Touching often on the subject of peer pressure.

I do not wish to ruin it for you. So all I can say is I would defiantly suggest reading it. Considering the low price ($1 at the time) yes I would buy it again.

Great read

Amazing collection of novels. Simple yet full of life lessons. Enjoyed very much learning the rags to riches tale they contained.

One of Alger's best. My heart went out to the poor match ...

One of Alger's best. My heart went out to the poor match boy. Yes, it's predictable, but the book has heart and wit.

inspiring

I liked how a kid goes from rags to riches.

I would recommend this to my younger siblings.

I rated this 5 star because it is how life can really be.

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Title: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Subtitle: Tarzan Series, Book 5

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrator: David Sharp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-11

Publisher: Books In Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is the fifth story in the Tarzan adventure novels. Tarzans enemy in this book is a Belgian traitor and an Arab chieftain named Achmet Zek. Tarzan intends to "liberate" more jewels from the lost city of Opar, unaware that his enemies know of his plan and that they intend to liberate the jewels from Tarzan. The running battle becomes so intense that Tarzan is incensed to the point of losing his newly found, refined demeanor and becomes the beast of old with a terrible ferocity. The apeman once again responds to the wild call and goes forth to prove that he is truly the king of the jungle....

Members Reviews:

Great book, so so narration.

The overall narrative was broken with the reader taking sips is a beverage and there was unrelated background noise.

Best ever narrator

What did you love best about Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar?

Story & narrator

What does David Sharp bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

It is like listening to various actors

Any additional comments?

I cannot find but a few books narrated by David Sharp. I have bought them all. Wish he would do more!

classic ERB

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Sure...if you're a Tarzan fan

Did David Sharp do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

No...not a top drawer reader, and his very audible breath intake was annoying

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Title: The Beasts of Tarzan

Subtitle: Tarzan Series, Book 3

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrator: David Sharp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-11

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 44 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is the third story in the Tarzan adventure series. This venture into the wild kingdom thrusts Jane into the thickest of demoniacal plots as Tarzans nemesis, the dark and swarthy Rokoff and his rat-like lieutenant capture her with the intention of wreaking vengeance on Tarzan. But Tarzan assembles an awesome rescue squad; Mugambi, a giant native from the jungle who becomes the devoted follower and protector of Tarzan; Sheeta, a sleek and powerful black panther longing to apply fang and claw to those who would harm Jane; and the entire tribe of Akut, of the great apes, enraged and eager.

Members Reviews:

Exceptionally disappointing

What would have made The Beasts of Tarzan better?

Better production and a different narrator. Paper shuffling in the background, and the loud breathing of the narrator is very distracting. However the major downfall of this recording is the narrator who is frequently tripping over his own tongue and whose style is often out of tune with the context and content.

If youve listened to books by Edgar Rice Burroughs before, how does this one compare?

I've listened to the first two in the series, each with different narrators, and they were both far superior to this one.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of David Sharp?

David Ian Davies or Robert Whitfield

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Edgar Rice Burroughs is an outstanding author, and the story might have been very good, but the narration was so distracting, I couldn't tell.

Poor reader

David Sharp has trouble pronouncing certain words. He also speaks as if everything were constantly exciting and doesn't let the story dictate his tone of voice. It gets very wearisome listening to him for any length of time.

need a better reader

Would you try another book from Edgar Rice Burroughs and/or David Sharp?

yes to burroughs, no to sharp

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Beasts of Tarzan?

not having to listen to the reader

How could the performance have been better?

get a better reader

Childhood masterpiece murdered by narration

What would have made The Beasts of Tarzan better?

A real narrator would have made this better. The book is a classic, but the narrations sux. Anyone would have been better.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Yes, the narrator murdered this book.

Any additional comments?

Classic, but flawed

This product is not professional quality

The narrator's performance is makes it impossible to enjoy the novel.

It isn't as obvious in the sample clip, but after 15 minutes or more the narrator's breathing-in before ever passage becomes very annoying, and some of his character voices are also unbearable.

I bought another version of this audiobook (here, on Audible) narrated by David Stifel that is MUCH better!

I foolishly bought 3 Tarzan books narrated by David Sharp, and have purchased other versions narrated by other narrators for almost the same price. I don't have much of a disposable income, but in this case I consider purchasing new versions of these audiobooks to replace the David Sharp-narrated ones well worth the price.

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Title: Babbitt

Author: Sinclair Lewis

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 42 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

With his breathtaking social insight and his graceful sentences, Sinclair Lewisa Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winnerstands out as one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. At turns lyrically soul-searching and scathing in its honesty, Babbitt captures the essence of the 1920s while remaining a timeless piece of literature. Babbitt, the ultimate conformist and social climber, seeks power in his community and self-esteem from others. Outwardly, he is the ultimate big booster, and he toes the company line with zip and zowie. In his dreams, however, he is tormented by the emptiness of his soul.

Editorial Reviews:

Not especially known for its prose style, Sinclair Lewis's art is often based on accumulation; he adds detail to detail until a larger picture sharpens. This classic novel portrays middle-aged George Babbitt and his irreconcilable urges to conform to social standards and to satisfy his deeper inner restlessness. Lewis delineates and satirizes Babbitt's bourgeois nature with small and large data, such as his booster button, his slang ("tux" for "dinner jacket" ), his jingoism, his hypochondria, his naive politics, his worries about his clothes. Such a style makes George Guidall's measured narration a bit inappropriate - Guidall's deliberate approach sometimes lingers needlessly over individual sentences that do not repay such scrutiny. The conversational scenes come off as more lively.

Members Reviews:

B for Babbitt, B for Boring

I thought about half way through that it was finally going to get interesting but no it went straight back to the boring life of a bigot.

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Title: Burning Daylight

Author: Jack London

Narrator: Tim Behrens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-11

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Burning Daylight begins as many of London's finest works begin: with the depiction of a man blessed with physical prowess and keen perception who takes on the natural forces of the 19th-century Yukon.

Supreme gold miner, risk-all gambler, and unbeatable fighter, Burning Daylight is his name. Daylight moves from the Yukon to San Francisco, and plays "the bigger game of finance and wealth", until he is reminded of something he lost, something pure and good. And with this discovery, London turns his standard format into the finest love story he ever crafted and Burning Daylight becomes much more than a simple adventure.

Members Reviews:

A Hard Man Who Gives It All Up.

Elam Harnish, "Burning Daylight" - a man's man, a brute with great foresight and intuition making the hard-living in Alaska and the Northwest Canadian territories as a gold panner tells his tale.

Many of `Daylight's' exploits are noted by his companions and townsfolk. These deeds range from high-stake poker to record time dog sledding mail runs to building a town practically by himself after having done quite well gold prospecting.

After Daylight pretty much accomplishes all he can in Alaska he decides to try his luck in California in the business game. Here he is also quite successful with a few mishaps where people thought he could be easily duped.

Daylight gradually slides into complacency about all things except his business. He soon meets a woman and becomes smitten, but she wants nothing to do with him because she sees he's married already - to his work and he's no longer the tough, hard Alaskan man that many years ago had moved to California.

Daylight spends most of the rest of the story attempting to woo this young woman. He succeeds only after giving up everything else.

A once hard man turns soft because and for love. Not my preferential reading but at least the first three-quarters of the story was worth reading. I give it four for it's literary quality, overall.

Great story

I did enjoy the storyline.. The descriptive passages were rather tedious, but I had to constantly remind myself that the book was published in the early 1900's

I do love Jack London's books and stories.....White Fang and The Call Of The Wild. I've reread them over and over. So I'll probably reread Burning Daylight.

Highly recommended.

Romantic

Too much too Romantic. Maybe popular when written but totally out of today's realities. Descriptions of the wild in the first section was readable

Font size is unreadable the book is great but the size of font makes it unreadable

Font size is unreadable the book is great but the size of font makes it unreadable. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU HAVE SUPERIOR SIGHT.!!!!!!

One Star

Print is way too small to comfortably read!

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Title: Invisible Man: CliffsNotes

Author: Durthy A. Washington

Narrator: Tim Wheeler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The CliffsNotes study guide on Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and critical commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read Invisible Man.

Reading a literary work doesnt mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Ellisons Invisible Man.

CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com.

Members Reviews:

Very helpful

I found this very helpful in understanding the book. The book had made a lot of themes that are not obvious on the surface. It also helped understand the characters motivations and what what was going on. It also helped understand the historical background of the book and how it related to society at the time it was written.

Great help!

Invaluable tool for my graduate course.

Five Stars

As described.

good for characters and following

Typical cliffnotes review; good for characters and following chapters

Five Stars

Good for review

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Title: The Crucible: CliffsNotes

Author: Jennifer L. Scheidt M.A.

Narrator: Joyce Bean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This CliffsNotes study guide on Arthur Miller's The Crucible supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and critical commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Crucible.

Reading a literary work doesnt mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement you reading to be sure you get all you can from Miller's The Crucible.

CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on Arthur Miller and The Crucible, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com.

Members Reviews:

Notes are useful in understanding Miller's play

I bought this for a teacher who is going to use Miller's story in a high school English class. Spoiler: The Crucible is described as an attack on the Communist hunting of the 1950's, using the historical parallel of the Salem, Massachusetts witch hunts and trials of the late 1600's. These Notes do a great job of helping me to recall everything that went on in Miller's play, but the actual and literal afterward of the play shows that the play itself is directly attacking the Bible and Christianity.

In a widely recognized translation of the Bible, the King James Version, the word "witch" is used and witchcraft is condemned. So, Miller lights that fuse, so to speak, that people thought that there were witches and set about hunting them down.

The Notes did not branch off into the direction of outlining what civil rights (later encoded in the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution) were violated during those historical proceedings. Miller's play directly foreshadows the current controversy in the United States about the First Amendment, especially the freedom of expression of religion.

This is my first encounter with Cliff Notes and I am impressed with their quality.

Perfect

Great cliff notes for reviewing the book. Perfect as a study guide before having to take a test, hits all the key highlights.

cruible book cliff notes

book cruible cliff notes was great for reader extra stuff to help you with the book

A nice helper

This was purchased for a high school sophomore to help with reading and understanding the play. It was a nice addition to his school work and class discussions. Buying the Cliffs Notes would probably be more helpful for longer and more complicated stories, but I think it is a good way to help younger readers learn how to extract pertinent information from their reading.

Five Stars

Character descriptions were a big help.

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Title: The Old Man and the Sea: CliffsNotes

Author: Jeanne Sallade Criswell, M.F.A.

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The CliffsNotes study guide on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and critical commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Old Man and the Sea.

Reading a literary work doesnt mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on Ernest Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com.

Members Reviews:

Classic tale before Cuba

Having read this book in high school, I decided to read it again (via Cliff Notes) just before we took a trip to Cuba. When the President opened up the People to People Program (cultural exchange with Cuba) in 2011 we signed up for a cultural trip to Cuba with National Geographic. Who can know the mystery of Cuba's early days as well as Hemingway. Although today's youth may find the reading too esoteric, I treasured the refreshing of the this morality tale and the trip to a forbidden land.

Very helpful

Works great as a study guide. My son read this in school and the cliff notes helped him understand what he was reading. Worth the purchase.

Must for an A

This volume covers all the potential literature question types on this text, including imagery, context, and symbolism. My daughter studied from this book and got a perfect score fore her essay on Old Man and the Sea.

THE EASY TO FOLLOW ANALYSES, CHARACTER MAP INTERACTIONS WERE FAVORITES TO ME.

WE VISITED THE KEYS THIS PAST SUMMER AND WALKED WHERE HEMINGWAY DID!

I WANTED TO REVISIT HIS NOVEL THIS FAR-EASIER WAY WITH CLIFFS NOTES... JUST

FOR THE PLEASURE OF UNDERSTANDING MORE.

Five Stars

VERY GOOD

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Title: The Grapes of Wrath: CliffsNotes

Author: Kelly McGrath Vlcek

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This CliffsNotes study guide on John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and critical commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Grapes of Wrath.

Reading a literary work doesnt mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement you reading to be sure you get all you can from Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.

CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on John Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

A+

Five Stars

Nice Thanks

Good analysis of the author's varied political messages in the book

Good explanation on the various chapters in the book and how the authors integrated the story with political analysis of the financial struggles in the farming industry during the 1930's

Long Novels Merit Precise Recapitulation

Even after multiple readings of "The Grapes of Wrath," these Cliff Notes are invaluable in helping to refresh your memory about the flow of the lengthy novel. No substitute, of course, for indepth reading of the book, but a helpful summary and aid to analysis.

A helpful tool in understanding Steinbeck's theme of humans uniting for the common good.

A very helpful guide in understanding the authors metaphors regarding the importance of individuals uniting in the face of adversity in order to conquer loss and hardship.

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Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Adaptation)

Subtitle: Oxford Bookworms Library

Author: Mark Twain, Jennifer Bassett (adaptation)

Narrator: William Dufris

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-10

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts.They dont see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost much, much worse.

An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Mark Twain original by Jennifer Bassett.

Critic Reviews:

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of storytelling." (David R. Hill, ELT Journal Review)